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BUTTON PASTE-NEE.

No. 319,152. Patented June 2, 1885.

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HENRY J. WELDON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BUTTON-FASTENER- SEPECIPICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No.319,152, dated June 2, 1885.

Application filed March 30, 1885. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY J. WELDON, of New York city, in the county ofNew York and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Button-Fasteners; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is afull, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to button-fasteners for shoes and garments, butmore especially the former; and its object is to provide a simplefastener of small size, but of great strength, to withstand thestrainput upon it during the operation of buttoning, and at the same time afastener economical to manufacture.

Heretofore fasteners of various kinds have been produced; but,so far asI am aware, they all lacked certain features which were necessary toinsure success as fasteners.

My invention therefore consists of a baseplate and a post broadest atits base bent at right angles thereto, and having an inclined slotformed in the upper part of the post, whereby the button to be fastenedafter its eye is fitted to the slot is held in place by bending theupper wall of the slot against the lower, thus closing up the opening.

- In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective viewof my improved fastener. Fig. 2 is a like view, showing it as insertedthrough the fabric with the button in place. Fig. 3 is a modification.

In this class of fasteners it is essential that they be made verystrong, and that there be no weakpoints, else in the strain put upon thebutton and fastener in the act of buttoning the weak places will giveway in a comparatively short time and the fastener be rendered useless.Heretofore all fasteners of this class, so far as I am aware, have beenobjectionable for this reason-that at one point or another the fastenerhas been liable to fracture from continued use, and would not standduring the wear of the fabric to which it was attached. My inventionobviates these difficulties, as it is composed of a base-plate whichbears upon the fabric and firmly supports a post cut from the base-plateor disk, this post being made strong at the base, and having an inclinedslot out in its upper part, whereby the post is not weakened, and thestrain from the button is sustained, principally, from the unweakenedportions of the post. narrow slot is closed up by forcing the partstogether, the post is capable of resisting any strain which may be putupon it, and is practically a solid post.

My improved fastener is constructed, as shown in Fig. 1, with a baseplate, a, from which the post I; is cut on three sides, and is bent upat right angles to the base-plate, as

shown. The post I) has a narrow slit running diagonally from about thecenter of one side of the post to the middle thereof a suitable distancefrom the top. The inner end of this slit is enlarged, preferably, toserve as an eye or seat for the eye of the button. This is notessential, however, as the slit may be of the same size throughout.

In use the post is passed through the fabric with the base-plate restingagainst the under side thereof. The eye of the button is passed throughthe slot to the end thereof, and the passage is closed up by a suitableinstrument, forcing the walls of the slit or slot together and securelylocking the button in place.

The fastener may be formed of any suitable material and in any mannerwell known to those skilled in the art.

Instead of having the ring form of base, it will be obvious that incutting out the post the front portion of the base may be cut off, and asimple bar or straight portion left to support the post as a base, asshown in Fig. 3.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is A button-fastenerconsisting of a base-plate having a post bent at right angles thereto,and provided with an oblique slot adapted to receive and close upon thebuttoneye to hold the button at the end of the post, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY J. WELDON.

Witnesses:

J OHN A. House, WM. T. CORRIGAN.

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